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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Mark 13:1-37

Chapter 13 1. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. (Mark 13:1-2 .Matthew 24:1-2; Matthew 24:1-2 ; Luke 21:5-6 ) 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Mark 13:3-4 .Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:3 ; Luke 21:7 ) 3. The Olivet Discourse. (Mark 13:5-37 . Matthew 24:4-42 ; Luke 21:8-38 ) 1. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. Mark 13:1-2 He went out of the temple for the last time, when one of His disciples called attention to the temple buildings. They were of the most massive... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Mark 13:1-37

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The contents of chapter 12 are constituted of: · The Parable of the Householder (Mark 12:1-12 ); · The Question of Tribute (Mark 12:13-17 ); · The Question about the Resurrection (Mark 12:18-27 ); · The Question about the First Commandment (Mark 12:28-34 ); · The Question about the Son of David (Mark 12:35-40 ); and· The Incident of the Widow’s Mite. Chapter 13 is the discourse of Christ about His second coming delivered to the disciples on the Mount of Olives, in... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Mark 13:5-27

(5) And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: (6) For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (7) And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. (8) For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earth quakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Mark 13:20

This may be explained in a more general sense of the persecution of Antichrist, which will be dreadful beyond description, and executed in every part of the world. The time however allowed to him and his wicked agents to tread under foot the holy city, (Apocalypse xi. 2.) i.e. the Church of Christ, will not extend beyond forty-two months, or three years and a half. This space of time Christ has set apart to purify his Church, and try his servants; and therefore he allows them to fall under the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Mark 13:14-23

14-23 The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these things, the more we shall see abundant cause to flee without delay for refuge... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Mark 13:1-99

Mark 13 THE LORD’S PREDICTION that the Temple should be utterly destroyed led to His prophetic discourse. The disciples did not question the fulfilment of His words, they only wished to know the time of fulfilment and, true to their Jewish instincts, what the sign of it would be. His answer to their questions is very instructive. In the first place, He fixed no dates: any answer He gave as to the time was of an indirect sort. In the second place, He went beyond the immediate scope of their... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Mark 13:17-20

The horrors of the devastation: v. 17. But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! v. 18. And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. v. 19. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. v. 20. And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved; but for the elect's sake, whom He hath chosen, He hath shortened the days. The... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Mark 13:1-37

A. The Occasion. Mark 13:1-4(Parallels: Matthew 14:1-3; Luke 21:5-7)Mark brings before us a single speaker, who pointed out to the Lord the splendor of the temple; while Luke speaks of several, Matthew of the disciples in general. One might imagine it was Andrew who furnished in this manner the occasion, entering as he did this time into the circle of the intimate few. If it were not he, then it was most probably Peter. What the disciples bring before the Lord—interceding, so to speak, for the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Mark 13:14-37

“Watch!” Mark 13:14-37 The fall of Jerusalem, Mark 13:14-23 . This abomination had been predicted by Daniel, Daniel 9:27 , Josephus says that the Romans brought their standards into the Temple, and offered sacrifices to them, and proclaimed Titus emperor. Probably there is to be a yet further fulfillment of these significant words. Houses in the East are, for the most part, provided with staircases outside the wall, so that the occupants, seeing the approach of danger, could flee without... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Mark 13:1-37

A casual remark from the lips of one of the disciples drew from Jesus words full of solemnity and full of hope. This stately building was to be destroyed. 1t- was already destroyed in the eyes of Christ by the corruption, the impurity, the blasphemy sheltered within its walls. And yet to those who are with Him, what matter? The Temple is gone, but God abideth, and in Christ by the Spirit is ever near hearts that seek Him. No more long pilgrimages to worship. There where thou art, He is. Then... read more